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~·, -~- ., THE ATLANTA CONSTIT'UTION, Wed1_1~s ey, Ju~e .---- '-,.. 44,,000 at Playlots Get Food Supplements Here ,. nation to take advantage of this By HAROLD WARDLAW More than 44,000 underprivi- new feeding program, called leged Atlanta youngsters have " Special F o o d Services for star ted r eceivi ng between-meal Children." He added that this supplements at supervised J7,S~ is one of USDA's first ventures r eation centers, a feder al agncul ture officia l said here Tuesday . . . 1 " This is a cooperative ven' ture under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) , the Campbell Foundation, the Atlanta Board of Education, conomic O or- · and t 1e tunity Atlanta ( _._. y ot Lian a c1arks a nd Recr eation Depa r tment," Haines Presley explained in ,rn inLervie.w. He sa id Atlanta's program is the lar gest in the nation. " Estima tes indicate that as ,many as ...70,Q.00 children m ay be r eached befor e the summer is over." The between-mea l i s upplements, or " m ini-rnea1s," consist of such items as milk, sandwiches , fru its, br ead, jL1ices a nd so on. , "These m ini-mea ls are prepared al 12 Atlanta schools a nd then delivered twice daily to . Imore tha n 100 s upervised pl aylots or r ecr eation centers," P resley pointed out. But, he said, progra ms of this type could not get off the ground wi,thout help from private organizations such as the Campbell F oundation. "The fo undation has already contributed $10,000 t o the s umm r project to help pay for personnel. needed to pr epare the 'mini-meuls' at ,t he 12 school ca fc4.erias," he s a id. Presley said more 1han $500,000 has been set aside for the · ·· program by USDA. Al lanta is one· nl' ll1t• Ii, : I ,·iii,··; i,1 Iii,· in urban feeding. EOA's Mike Ray, coordinator of the summer feeding program , said "Although _the program i3 r ec>.ciy to go, we a-re low on supt . / ~ ( I plies of · cardboard boxes .a nd m ight be a·ble to contribute sandwich bags. · boxes and sandwich bags," Ray "Interest in the program has said. "That way, all the USDA been running high, and we :-: , funds could be spent on fo::.d for in hopes that local industries I these needy children." 25, �